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Aztecs Poems - Poems about Aztecs

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On Moral Relativism, Part II
......You apply it to history and the causes we fought just fade away into nothing, and everything is lost. You think that slavery was bad, that’s just your point-of-view, you think that women sho......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, god, humanity, philosophy, political,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member THE M-A-Y-A-N-S
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Categories: aztecs, appreciation, beautiful, culture, fate,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member Dia de los Muertos
...Dia de Los Muertos Day of the Dead Originated by Aztecs Celebrated in Mexico and Philippines Aztecs called it Miccaihuitl Catholics call it All Saints Day and All Souls Day I call it Day of t......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, travel,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Red Poinsettia
...red poinsettia “Flower of the Holy Night” a gift for Jesus Native to Mexico, the poinsettia is called "Flor de la Noche Buena" (Flower of the Holy Night) due to its resemblance ......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, christmas, december, holiday,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member frightening barn owl masks
...I have seen masks that give me a fright But the barn owl masks are truly not right They turn the warriors into crying babies. Running away as if we all have rabies. The barn owl masks are spook......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Teotl Shining Through
...Teotl is the shining gold light above everything Wearing a mask of white and grey clouds Teotl is the breath and wind of all seen and unseen Greeting all who return to its arms Split a piec......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, beauty, culture, mythology, nature,
Form: Free verse
There Was No Noble Savage
...I sometimes hear a stubborn myth, that before Europeans came the locals of America all lived lives quite peaceful, and tame. The old trope of the Noble Savage, that somehow manages to persist,......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, america, history, humanity, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Ekphrasis Upon La Gran Tenochtitlan
...What do I know of your world? I read about your people on the subway train, To marvel at how so much was lost, All because a handful of men wanted gold, Five hundred years ago, You’re there, i......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, art, culture, woman,
Form: Ekphrasis
What Happened To the Giants, Part Ii
......Yes, I’m talking of *****sapiens, the last human species that still remains, when they burst out of their African home nothing ever would again be the same. You saw it plain with the neander......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, conflict, history, myth, people,
Form: Epic
Spoliarium
...Masterpiece of an Indio Legacy of one native Bravo As I gaze at the piece Memories of gladiators seize Under the roofs of soft floors Are bloodsheds on hard, scratched floors Have you ever ......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member A Cautionary Tale
...Great is the battle, small the victory when much that we had is lost to mankind - in this war of worlds its great casualty is the fallen consciousness in our mind. From arrowhead to smart......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, perspective, world,
Form: Sonnet
You Are Owed No Reparations, Part Ii
......And what of my English background, when those damn Normans came to town, they slaughtered us, and left us ruled, by Frenchman with ambitions cruel! So Paris owes me lots of cash, and London o......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, africa, anger, history, how
Form: Rhyme
Apologize For Slavery, Part Ii
......But the problem with apologies is where exactly do we start? The Aztecs took thousands of slaves, and ‘praised their gods’ but cutting out hearts. The Indians enslaved each other, and settler......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, history, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Why We Will Overcome Covid19
...I Siblings, we will overcome, COVID-19 And most anything by growing as human (Jennifer Proxenos's POTD inspired my writing) Again about this pandemic in perspective II Remember the American I......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, appreciation, bible, death, england,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Ummmmmmm Become Ymmmmmmm
...What makes a word? Who made each word? Someone had to, right? It may have been Adam and Eve. Or perhaps they sat around staring at apples and fig leaves. Maybe they hummed, and marched and san......Read the rest...
Categories: aztecs, funny, humorous, poems, word
Form: Free verse

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